Ralekwa Surname

833,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 331 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Botswana

Ralekwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ralekwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3021:179,39619,719
Botswana281:78,10513,263
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ralekwa (14) may also be a first name.

Ralekwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ralekwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ralekwa is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ralekwa click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ralekwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 833,931st most commonly held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 22,016,755 people. The last name Ralekwa is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ralekwa reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most widely held forename worldwide It is held by 14 people.

The last name Ralekwa is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 302 people, or 1 in 179,396. In South Africa Ralekwa is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 69 percent reside, Mpumalanga, where 12 percent reside and Limpopo, where 10 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 8 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Ralekwa Last Name Statistics demography

Ralekwa earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.66% less than the national average, earning R 155,268 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ralekwe8677/
Ralikwa861/
Rahlokwa803/
Ralokwai801/
Ralikwe711/
Realiguea631/
Raliqua571/
Religwa571/
Ralique571/
Realique531,042/
Realigue5366/
Raleghbi531/
Raulique531/
Realiquez5014/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ralekwa
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